Car-coupling



R. P. OSBORN.

CAR ()0 UUUUU G.

No. 898,446. Patented Nov. 2'7, 1888.

" the tops of the cars and connected with levers UNITED STATES PATENTGrates.

RICHARD F. OSBORN,.OF MOIVEAQUA, ILLINOIS.

CAR=COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 893,446, dated November27, 1888.

Application filed June 19, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD F. Osnoniv, of the town of Moweaqua, countyof Shelby, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Couplings, of which the following is aspecification.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 represents my device as applied to a flat car, and Fig. 2represents the same adapted to a box-car.

The bumper a has the customary recess, a, for an ordinary link, and alsohas the hole b for an ordinary pin. 01] oneside of the bumper isplatform Z, inclined downward at its rear end. On the outer edge ofplatform Zis ledge r ,slotted at h and provided with pin q. Pivotpin 1'hus-a bearing in the bumper and in the slot 72. The pin (1 retains thepivot-pin in the slot, and'when the said pin is withdrawn the pivot andthe swinging link 70, attached thereto, maybe readily removed. On the0pposite side of the bumper is platform m,to the upper surface of whichis secured catch a. A saddle, c, fits vertical grooves in the bumper andhas horizontal projections 0, adapted to recesses in the platforms. ,Eye(I on the saddle provides a bearing for the lever c, and said lever hasa handle formation at a. Springcatchesp provide means for securing thelevers in positions of extreme depression. The arch f or other suitableframe provides a bearing for the fulcrum of the lever when the device isapplied to flat cars. On box-cars levers 8, having handle format-ions s,are attached to c by rod 1'. p In operation the link of each car passesautomatically over the inclined catch of the other car to effect acoupling, and the positions of Serial N0.217.53fl. (No model.)

This enables the coupling to be used in trains made up in part ofold-fashioned cars, and is a desirable feature so long as the improvedcoupling is not used universally.

There will be a lever extending from both sides of the train at eachconnection, and each lever is capable of raising both links. This, withconnections from tops of cars, as shown in Fig. 2, enables uncoupling tobe effected from any position of approach.

Should a link be broken or become inoperative in any manner, it may beremoved and a good one replaced by the simple expedient of Withdrawingpin q.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A car-couplingcomprising the bumper c, the platforms I and m, the ledge 9, having thesloth, the pin q, traversing the ledge vertically and passing throughthe slot, the swinging link 7.1, having bearings for its pivot-pin i inthe bumper and in the slot, the catch 91, the saddle 0, adapted to raiselinks, and the lever e, connected with the saddle, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

RICHARD F. OSBORN.

Attest:

J. C. HOSTETLER, L. I. GRAHAM.

